You can use request.getParameter()/getParameterValues() inside an Action to
retrieve form values without using an ActionForm. However, without an
ActionForm, you won't be able to use the Struts <html:form> and related tags
and form validation.
--- None None <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it the case that every Action MUST be associated with an ActionForm?
> Next week I have to start converting an app to Struts, and one of the
> assumptions I've been making is that I can just NOT associate any
> ActionForm
> with the Actions. As you say it's not a big deal, I can just do the empty
> form like you said, but I'd like to know if that's the only way...
>
>
> >From: Avinash Gangadharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: getting non-struts form elements
> >Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:08:10 -0700
> >
> >Matt,
> >In your action class, you have the request and the response object which
> >will get you all your form elements
> >
> >public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
> > HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
> > throws java.lang.Exception {
> > String xxx = ( String ) request.getParameter("xxx");
> > // now do anything with xxx
> >}
> >
> >As far as configuring your action in the struts-config, you can associate
> >an
> >empty form to your action :
> ><form-beans>
> > <form-bean
> > name="emptyForm"
> > type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm"/>
> ></form-beans>
> >
> >and then add 'name="emptyForm"' in your action mapping:
> >
> > <action path="/yourAction"
> > type="your.action.type"
> > name="emptyForm"
> > scope="request"
> > >
> > <forward
> > name="..."
> > path="..."/>
> > </action>
> >
> >
> >I hope this is what you are looking for.
> >
> >Avinash
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Matt Bathje [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 2:45 PM
> >To: Struts Users Mailing List
> >Subject: getting non-struts form elements
> >
> >
> >Hi all.
> >
> >I have a form that is not a struts form bean (no actionform, no dynaform,
> >nothing...)
> >
> >Is it possible to have this submit to a struts action, and read the form
> >elements somehow? I need to be able to read simple (String) elements as
> >well
> >as multi-part (formfile) elements from the form.
> >
> >Any way to do it in struts, or do I just need to give up and make
> something
> >non-struts to do it?
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Matt Bathje
> >
> >
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